Notification of Major Holding

RNS Number : 7774O

IG Group Holdings plc

12 March 2009

 



12 March 2009 

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		IG Group Holdings plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			no
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			no
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Standard Life Investments Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Vidacos Nominees
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	10 March 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	11 March 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code GB00B06QFB75	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares 21,179,993	Number of voting rights 21,179,993	Number of shares 21,631,017	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct 10,583,453	Indirect 11,047,564	Direct 2.943%	Indirect 3.073%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
21,631,017	6.016%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Standard Life Investments Ltd

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14 Contact name:	Guy Abbi, Company Secretary,  IG Group Holdings plc
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7896 0011

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